the Florida Gators I mean the game a the game isn't even officially over yet but the Florida Gators just abolutely Molly whopped Samford uh unsurprising Victory we're going to talk about that here on a first first now it's over first celebration postcast of the Season lock on Gators here you are locked on Gators your daily podcast on the Florida Gators part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day hello and welcome back to another episode of lockon Gator part of the lockon podcast Network your team every day thanks for making lockon Gator your first listen of the day every day we are available daily and free wherever you listen to podcast and on YouTube and man um 18 for 25 passing 456 passing yards three passing touchdowns five carries for 16 yards was not sacked a single time DJ lagway you are him there's no other way to put it uh I mean that was just insane um I am going to throw a poll in the chat one second uh that's what we're doing we're throwing a poll in the chat uh Florida wins 45-7 because now the game is officially over last touchdown is uh Aiden Warner who is from Yale making his college debut a red shirt freshman and man um just yeah he completed one pass threw the ball twice and he had a wide open dve Dr by Jackson Wade and then he ran in a touchdown there um and I'm throwing a chat I'm throwing a poll for the chat and I'm so sorry because I I I want this to be what do you think happens not what would you do because I think everybody knows what they would do but who starts when gr Merz is healthy gr Merz of DJ lague personally I think it'll be gr Merz um Donovan Robinson is in here talking trash uh about the Miami game which I've said I'm wrong before so it's fine uh find happiness buddy it's football I will say that there uh thank you Jesse thank you very much uh fire bill you do great work I love listening to pickup trucks every morning um yeah I mean look I will say this there were obviously some parts of the game that weren't perfect for DJ lagway right I don't care about those 456 yard he was 27 yards away from setting the Florida Gator single game passing yardage record in his first start ever he was 27 yards away from beating a Tim TBO record I don't care about the negatives there are negatives we'll talk about negatives a little bit of course like you know how we do it here we acknowledge the good the bad the ugly I don't even remember if I introduce myself I don't care this is locked on Gators I'm Brandon Olsen damn the Florida Gators have their starting quarterback of the future assuming they can keep him in there um and look DJ liway the question was never really about his talent it was how he would react on the field how he would react in live game situations how he' handle pressure how he' read coverages and more complex defenses that he saw when he was quarterbacking Willis on his way to winning the national Gatorade player of the year on his way to becoming the highest ranked quarterback in the entire country third highest ranked recruit in the entire country last year man um yeah I I under so I will say this because I know that a bunch of people are are now I see people in the chat saying it I've seen people on Twitter all day saying it of how DJ should have started the Miami game how he should have started the entire summer it should have been his job all that stuff I understand it and I'm not saying no I'm just saying I understand it um and here's the thing also like I've said with certain quarterback things like like you don't want to push a guy out there before it's too soon before he's ready all that stuff I get it I think we passed that point though um you put DJ lague in there he had 456 passing yards I thought he did a really good job of handling pressure I thought he did a I'm like Oh my go this kid's deep ball is just wild um Mr Murphy's in here throwing a little fit I don't know what he's so sensitive about my goodness be happy man um yeah I think like DJ Live's deep ball is just be like chef's kiss um just a chefs his arm Talent was never the question so we know that we kind of expected that we know that if you're putting together a quarter like if you're creating a quarterback in Madden it's probably DJ lwood right Cannon for an arm Elite athleticism great size already like he he's already physically fit it was literally just all about the mental aspect of this like you watch his high school film and again I will say this also I am and I tweeted this during the game I'm not one that usually drinks the high school film Kool-Aid but DJ lagway is the only kid I've done that um I Mr Murphy I've never seen you before in my life so you told me all summer I've never seen you before in my life um so you you've told the void all summer um but DJ lagway physically is just him no other way to put it him um I think that the biggest area where he needs to improve isn't even the bad reads part I think it's about just making better decisions in general there was the one throw he threw into triple coverage there was uh the the a couple times where he would scramble and and get really physical and aggressive which like I fully understand you're a big quarterback you're you're a built quarterback impose your will I understand that completely my take on it is maybe don't impose your will against Samford that that's literally my only take on on DJ lagway and opposing his will is just maybe don't do it against Samford like don't put yourself in danger against Stamford I also think there were a couple of targeting uh a couple of targeting calls against him there um okay I need to say something real quick just because I keep seeing the comment of say you were wrong bro I don't know I was wrong about I I say that I don't know what I was wrong about um but this Murphy guy is really upset um like I said there are risks with starting a quarter with starting a true freshman quarterback but one of those risks is as simple as this you started him and he balled out it's his like like I don't know how you go back to gr MZ um I know I I think Billy Napier will go back to GR I just don't know how you do it um I also don't know what this guy thinks I'm upset about 60% say in the poll 60% said DJ lagway I don't I don't buy it I just don't I I think that Graham will get the starting spot regardless of what anybody thinks and I think that's just that's just where we're at that's just the truth at this point um we kind of know we kind of know what Billy nap's planning on doing usually and a lot of those is predictable um I will say this there were two players out there that I just should never touch the field again um Damen George and Cameron weights by the way for evaluating this because I saw someone mention 40 456 passing yards and they like the person in the comments said uh who cares that it was against Samford to do that in any way is impressive I agree I don't care who you played against when you had 456 passing yards it's impressive um so yeah it's impressive there I don't know I don't know why this guy's obsessed with saying that I'm mad um I'm having a great time Florida found an elite quarterback prospect um but 456 passing yards on 18 completions is impressive against anyone um and so for me that that's that's just a a really impressive thing that DJ lagway did it was a great game again like the Deep ball was working how about the Hayden Hansen Hayden Hansen two catches if I'm not mistaken yeah two catches 46 yards including a 38 Yer or a 40 yard sorry his previous long was 38 this is Samford yes let's keep this in perspective you can still celebrate that people looked good like I I've covered the NFL draft for for about eight years now okay I don't care who you're playing against there are things that you do and you can say it doesn't matter who he's playing against that looks good right like DJ lag's arm talent doesn't matter who you're playing against if you have a good arm you have a good arm it pops DJ lagway is athleticism doesn't matter who you're playing against if you're athletic You're athletic okay things like that don't matter okay so for all the it's Samford I don't care again you can do things that are impressive against anybody it doesn't matter who you're playing against that's the thing too um because these people keep saying this is sford keep this in perspective we are this is sford you found a kid that played really well and handle things really well um and that's impressive right I I think in any way shape or form that's impressive What DJ lagu did was impressive I don't care if it was against Samford it was impressive right sure things don't break your way as often like you don't get the the pop pass touchdown probably with Trey bson there you don't get probably the Aiden misel touchdown if you're going up against an secdb that doesn't make What DJ lague did any less impressive okay I want to make that clear he balled the hell out also your team just had a blowout win I understand morale is low in Gainesville I understand I've spent hours this week in Twitter spaces talking about who's going to be the next head coach of the Florida Gators and Billy Napier still here but here's the you don't need to be so upset about everything you could celebrate that you looked good and that you had good players show promise tank Hawkins had his first career touchdown Aiden misel had his first career touchdown DJ lagway had his first career touchdowns uh Trey Wilson had his first career 100 yard game like you could celebrate things you could be happy about some things uh maybe maybe lighten up a little bit uh we will get into the chat as always our postcast we get into the chat we will be active with all of you next on lock on Gators passion drive and patience that's the formula for winning championships and it's also what keeps your ride or die alive eBay Motors is everything you need to maintain your vehicle and level up to Peak Performance with superchargers 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celebrate athleticism we can celebrate Aiden miselle tank Hawkin speed we could celebrate them catching their first rear touchdown passes right we can also acknowledge that there are some negative things um and again if you have anything to say in the chat say it we'll try to get to as much as we can I see it popping off there was there's a lot of messages in there right now um which thank you again by the way this is our first live postcast from an actual desk last week I went live after the Miami game for my phone in the stands as my phone was dying so it was very quick um but this is the first one from home from my desk talking about the actual Florida Gator game live here and uh it it never gets old to me I love it um again you can see good things and you can definitely see bad things against any team right like this was Samford we watched Damen George and Cameron weights get beat multiple times badly beat multiple times you can't block FCS linemen going be in trouble and there can be NFL FCS linan right last time flid played sford there was an NFL FCS wide receiver Montreal Washington he's still in the NFL Montreal Washington was there but if you can't beat these FCS linemen because again there can be NFL FCS linemen we do not just think that every one of them will be right that is the exception to the rule that's an outlier and Damen Georgia cam weights struggled blocking FCS lineman Arles Bingham had a few reps where he lost blocking wise against FCS lineman stuff like that just can't happen right um and we saw this last year when Florida played uh Charlotte they won 22 to7 and part of it was that they could not impose their will against Charlotte for a good bit of this game they could not impose their will against Samford rough stuff um yeah yeah uh Brandon aler we very rarely agree but you nailed that one on the head right there what a wild take um bro has been playing too much college football 25 my goodness um yeah we'll scroll up a bit and and then we're just going to go there um what's funny about DJ being Elite did you watch the game don't know who you're responding to there uh the QB Fitz Billy's o and toxic fans still not happy we'll elaborate on that at another time um yeah we'll elaborate on on some of these at another time uh I will say commanded to the offense I'm assuming you meant commanded the offense I think the last time you played sford you gave up 52 points so I guess that's Improvement I don't I didn't do anything um a good arms great but reads against SEC Talent is a very difficult challenge yes it is but like I said we can still celebrate the good things we don't have to go oh he did this well but he he made these errors I don't I don't care about that but you do well is what you do well and we could still acknowledge those things while saying he's not perfect you know again I I think that Billy Napier will go back to gr Merz once gr Merz clears it was interesting to me just how confident the commentators were about Graham mertz's status for next week because again to to play in a game you got to pass concussion protocol and even if you're making progress It's not linear it doesn't mean that you're definitely going to be ready if you've been making progress but the commentators were so adamant gr mer will be back next week and that was just interesting to me because that that implies two things to me one you're just saying things that you don't actually know which is very possible they said quite a few things that didn't make a ton of sense um like that yeah there's a reason that they were calling an FCS game um they said quite a few things that didn't make a ton of sense to me or you know something which I don't think you do um so I'll say that enjoy being shocked when we finish two and 10 and lagway transfers to Texas I will never be shocked with anybody leaving after a head coach gets fired which is still likely the outcome so nope um yeah and the aen misel pass was great the Aiden myel pass was an NFL throw um and I know that again like I said I have covered the NFL draft for seven issues years now that's an NFL throw first off and people are looking at that already and going all right we're going to be watching him as an NFL draft prospect in a couple years regardless of where he's at just because he has the physical traits um and that's that's what we're talking about the Aden misel pass again was was a was a beauty like stepping up through pressure navigating keeping your eyes down field making the throw on the move like that was chef's kiss right there you don't get much better than those kinds of throws um but again like I said earlier in the show if you're throwing that against an SEC team you probably don't complet it just because an SEC DB is probably going to make a more athletic play on that than than a Sanford DB but that doesn't mean we can't celebrate it um because again I I still think on paper that's still one of those throws where you go man even if it's incomplete we'll take you just having the opportunity to make that kind of play right um ref did their best to give Auburn a win today at least Florida lost to a good ACC team that's all I'm saying I keep seeing people say Rd sucks but they play better and more aggressive more tackles for Los and sacks so with the defense I'm kind of toring on some things uh yeah more tackles for a loss more sacks you have to do that against FCS against an FCS opponent like that that's the thing because the big for me the biggest difference between FCS and like SEC or any other FBS program is that you should have just better athletes on the field right that that should be the guarantee you should have better athletes on the field you should have guys that can blow up their offensive line you've got guys that are practicing for Sundays they've got some guys that might be practicing for Sundays and a bunch of other guys that are going hey we we know that this is that this is uh probably our our last hurrah but we're going to live it up like like that's the B there's a big difference there your your defense should dominate I still think we had a couple we saw a couple too many missed tackles um I still think that some things were just shouldn't have happened um and the bone headed errors Sanford scored seven points right on a drive that was extended by Jason Marshall taking a kid to suplex city right it it was number 84 I think uh for I'm trying to see the name of him but I'm not seeing any any okay take a kid to suplex city right stuff that you can't really do um and he did it anyway and not saying that that's horrendous but that's now the second time in two weeks that the Florida Gators have given up a first touchdown of the game because of a personal foul uh justice Boon roughing the passer against cam Ward and then Jason Marshall suplex City so things like that just can't happen because again this was an FCS team that you you were on you were shutting out and then you had that happen and and it gave up a touchdown afterward things like that just can't happen um and yeah Amry Jones smoked Samford and he wasn't very good not for nothing Emory Jones is in the NFL right now so that's not your best case even if you're bad in the NFL you're in a very select group of people I'm not even going to bat for Emory I'm just saying that that that matters right um but yeah I mean DJ lague popped there's no other way to talk about it like he he popped he showed what he can do and I think he kind of just kicked the door down as far as like I'm here like I'm ready to do this um and I think that again I think that Billy will try to start Graham Merz at first but the thing is people are not going to take kindly to that and ju like people aren't going to take kindly to starting Graham over DJ after What DJ did but also this second Graham makes a mistake the second Graham gets sacked trying to extend a play when when he probably shouldn't be trying to fans are going to call for DJ like it's just going to happen the second we watch a quarter with no deep shot attempts it's going to happen I'm also curious to see how Graham handles it when he gets back on the field because there is the possibility that Graham knows there's a festar QB just breathing down my neck right now I need to make plays happen and I don't want him to press those plays and and and make some mistakes if he's out there obviously I want Su I want the Florida Gator to win I agree that there needs to be a new head coach I agree that there needs to be a lot of changes I will still want the Florida Gator to win every single day and I will still celebrate every single win some don't hit as well as others you know Charlotte last year I was in here mad as hell Utah 2022 I was talking about some negatives and people were talking about me being the guy that's going to piss in people seral there are loss there are wins that that will be talked about not as positively as far as this game against sford goes you won 45 to7 which by the way actually now that I'm thinking about the spread was 37 and a half so you won by exactly 38 so you cover the spread not that that specifically matters um but you went out there and handled business right you blew out a team you were supposed to blow out yeah had a quarterback a true freshman quarterback make his first career start and and ball out I don't care about anything else right now Florida had a great game they played well and they made some some great plays there um Billy apier said the offensive staff called plays and that labeling a play caller is overrated I'm sure that'll go over well there I'm not going to make many comments on that right now but man um Florida just made like like they they played a great game um we understand things are going to get worse and things are going to get rougher as the schedule opens up to the SEC but DJ lagway is him I will be happy about that some other true freshman LJ McCrae made some good plays maai boy row played a good amount against Miami and made some plays uh tonight against Samford there are things uh no Mr Murphy okay Mr Murphy here's the thing I don't know if if you can hear I don't know if you're watching on mute I said I would start DJ lagway and I want DJ lagway to start but I think gram Merz will start because of Billy naier um so the if this dude sends merch out against Texas A&M you'll call it good coaching Brandon answer that I specifically said the opposite but okay um but yeah I I I think that for someone that said where's pup pup is out there um couple guys got banged up we'll get those injury reports probably Wednesday because it is SEC play so that they have to release injury reports this week starting Wednesday um so we will get those when the depth chart comes out I'm assuming but a couple guys got banged up and again there there were some things that shouldn't have happened out there like DJ needs to slide earlier again against a team like sford when you need to take a hit don't take a hit I understand going oh we need this first down I'm going to put my shoulder down I understand things like that just need some smarter plays out there from everybody not just DJ um that was just the first example I thought of but again Florida blew out of team they were supposed to blew out supposed to blow out I'm not going to complain about it in fact I'm going to celebrate that the Florida Gators won uh that the Florida Gators looked good in the game for the most part offensive line still concerns me um Rob S should be not on the staff anymore I'm just I'm I'm done with I'm done with the offensive line where the two best players on it were Mullen kids done with it um yeah it it's just done with it there uh needs to be changes you couldn't push around Charlotte you couldn't push around Samford I need changes there um absolutely and I I I think we'll get them at the end of the season whether it's the entire staff being thrown out or other decisions being made there but I do think that the entire staff will be replaced um just just based on how fans have reacted to the Miami game it's brutal brutal but again thank you all so much for tuning in um this will this will never get old for me I like I love this uh I love that you know we've got it it's 11 p.m. on a Saturday night after a game against Samford and we've got 130 plus people in here I love it uh thank you all so much for just giving me the opportunity to cover the program that we all love so much and and I will never take that for granted and Gainesville last week was beautiful uh thank you everybody for stopping me and if you take pictures tag me them if you're going to post him message them to me I love them I keep them thanks me lck Gator is your first listen of the day every day are available daily and free rev the podcast and on YouTube we'll be back Monday talk more Florida Gator football for lockdown Gator I'm Brandon ol don't forget to follow me on Twitter at wns 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